2009 BWF World Championships

Denmark, India, and Macau submitted bids to host the championships. India won the right to host the championships after the remaining candidates withdrew their bids.[4]

The 2009 BWF World Championships were held at the Gachibowli Indoor Stadium in Gachibowli, Hyderabad.

The draw took place on 22 July 2009, featuring Chief Guest and Indian Sports Minister, Dr. M.S. Gill.[2]

Lin Dan of China won the World Championship title in the men's singles event, beating Chen Jin in the final[8] with a score of 21–18, 21–16.[8] The victory, Lin's third consecutive World Championship crown (four counting the unofficial World Championship, the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008), set a new record for consecutive titles.[8] However, despite the three consecutive victories, Lin was not ranked number one in the world at the time of his third victory.[8]

Results

	Quarter Finals							Semi Finals							Final
	1	Lee Chong Wei	16	21	12
	6	Sony Dwi Kuncoro	21	14	21
								6	Sony Dwi Kuncoro	14	21	15
								5	Lin Dan	21	13	21
	3	Peter Gade	20	16
	5	Lin Dan	22	21
															5	Lin Dan	21	21
															2	Chen Jin	18	16
		Jan Ø. Jørgensen	19	19
	4	Taufik Hidayat	21	21
								4	Taufik Hidayat	16	6
								2	Chen Jin	21	21
	13	Simon Santoso	10	13
	2	Chen Jin	21	21

Lu Lan won the World Championship title in the women's singles event, beating Xie Xingfang in the final.[8] Lu won by a score of 23–21.[8] Xie had at one point reached game point when the score was at 21–20.[8] Lu won in two games by scores of 23–21 and 21–12.[8]

Results

	Quarter Finals							Semi Finals							Final
	1	Zhou Mi	15	18
	5	Xie Xingfang	21	21
								5	Xie Xingfang	21	21
								8	Pi Hongyan	18	8
	11	Juliane Schenk	21	15	19
	8	Pi Hongyan	15	21	21
															5	Xie Xingfang	21	12
															7	Lu Lan	23	21
	7	Lu Lan	21	21
	3	Tine Rasmussen	15	13
								7	Lu Lan	21	21
								2	Wang Lin	18	19
	6	Saina Nehwal	16	19
	2	Wang Lin	21	21

Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng of China won the World Championship title in the men's doubles event, the final of the World Championships, beating Lee Yong-dae and Jung Jae-sung of Korea in the final.[9] It was their second men's doubles title, having previously won in Madrid in 2006.[9] Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng won the first game by a score of 21–18. The Koreans then won the second game by a score of 16–21 to draw level.[9] The third game saw the two pairs exchange the lead several times with a one-point difference before exchanging several match points.[9] 28–26 was the final score, with the Chinese declared winners on their sixth match point.[9] Retired Chinese badminton player and now coach of his national team, Li Yongbo, watched from the sidelines what was later termed "a classic that will be often recalled as one of the best men’s doubles matches in the recent history of the sport".[9]

Results

	Quarter Finals							Semi Finals							Final
		Cho Gun-woo Yoo Yeon-seong	21	12	14
	8	Zakry Abdul Latif Fairuzizuan Tazari	17	21	21
								8	Zakry Abdul Latif Fairuzizuan Tazari	21	22	15
								5	Cai Yun Fu Haifeng	18	24	21
		Han Sang-hoon Shin Baek-cheol	16	18
	5	Cai Yun Fu Haifeng	21	21
															5	Cai Yun Fu Haifeng	21	16	28
															4	Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae	18	21	26
		Xu Chen Guo Zhendong	17	26
	4	Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae	21	28
								4	Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae	16	21	22
								2	Koo Kien Keat Tan Boon Heong	21	14	20
		Howard Bach Tony Gunawan	20	21	17
	2	Koo Kien Keat Tan Boon Heong	22	13	21

Zhang Yawen and Zhao Tingting won the World Championship title in the women's doubles event, beating Cheng Shu and Zhao Yunlei in the final.[8] They did so with some difficulty, including three games with scores of 17–21, 21–17 and 21–16, and battled delaying tactics employed by their rivals.[8] The match also featured several lengthy rallies which consisted of over thirty shots.[8] On the winners' podium to receive their medals, the winners cried as it was their first ever victory in the women's doubles event.[8]

Results

	Quarter Finals							Semi Finals							Final
	11	Miyuki Maeda Satoko Suetsuna	17	8
	5	Du Jing Yu Yang	21	21
								5	Du Jing Yu Yang	22	21	8
								8	Zhang Yawen Zhao Tingting	24	18	21
	4	Ha Jung-eun Kim Min-jung	9	10
	8	Zhang Yawen Zhao Tingting	21	21
															8	Zhang Yawen Zhao Tingting	17	21	21
															2	Cheng Shu Zhao Yunlei	21	17	16
	6	Ma Jin Wang Xiaoli	21	21
	3	Lee Hyo-jung Lee Kyung-won	18	13
								6	Ma Jin Wang Xiaoli	16	12
								2	Cheng Shu Zhao Yunlei	21	21
	7	Cheng Wen-hsing Chien Yu-chin	21	11	8
	2	Cheng Shu Zhao Yunlei	11	21	21

Thomas Laybourn and Kamilla Rytter Juhl of Denmark won the World Championship title in the mixed doubles event, beating Lilyana Natsir and Nova Widianto of Indonesia (the defending champions) in the final.[8] It was their first ever world title.[8] The duo beat Zheng Bo and Ma Jin of China and Korea's Olympic champions on the way to the final.[8] In the final, the Danish doubles pair won the first game by a score of 21–13 and also eased through the second game at a score of 21–17.[8]

Results

	Quarter Finals							Semi Finals							Final
	1	Lee Yong-dae Lee Hyo-jung	21	21
	5	Xie Zhongbo Zhang Yawen	16	16
								1	Lee Yong-dae Lee Hyo-jung	21	9	18
								7	Thomas Laybourn Kamilla Rytter Juhl	18	21	21
	3	Zheng Bo Ma Jin	20	21	20
	7	Thomas Laybourn Kamilla Rytter Juhl	22	11	22
															7	Thomas Laybourn Kamilla Rytter Juhl	21	21
															2	Nova Widianto Lilyana Natsir	13	17
	6	Joachim Fischer Nielsen Christinna Pedersen	21	21
	4	He Hanbin Yu Yang	10	17
								6	Joachim Fischer Nielsen Christinna Pedersen	18	21	18
								2	Nova Widianto Lilyana Natsir	21	14	21
	8	Valiyaveetil Diju Jwala Gutta	16	14
	2	Nova Widianto Lilyana Natsir	21	21

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